Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 14:20:10 EST
Summary: Field crews responds to major statewide flooding in Alabama
In the last five days, rainfall totals in Alabama have exceeded five inches at several locations in the State; one station in east central Alabama recorded over eleven inches of rainfall in the last six days. A total of 46 streamgaging stations exceeded their established flood stages over the last three days; and currently 24 of these stations remain above flood stage. Some of these stations are above their stage to discharge ratings as well.
Yesterday (December 26), one two-person crew from the USGS Lower Mississippi Gulf (LMG-WSC) Tuscaloosa Data Unit responded to flooding in north Alabama making discharge measurements on three tributaries in the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River basin, and one tributary to the Tennessee River.
Today, two two-person crews from the Tuscaloosa Field Unit have been deployed to north Alabama and are measuring flows on four tributaries to the Tennessee River and three tributaries of the Black Warrior River. Also, a three-person crew from the Montgomery Field Unit is working in south-central Alabama measuring flows on the Conecuh River and one tributary to the Conecuh River; as well as one site on the Pea River near Samson, Alabama. The Montgomery Field Unit crew has also made equipment repairs at Patsaliga Creek and Pine Barren Creek to restore data display for these stations to the USGS web page.